In a month-long battle with the San Diego Pride Board, the Community Negotiating Committee, put in place to arrange terms on the future direction of the organization, has released a letter stating that talks have “gone nowhere.”

In a recent article San Diego Gay and Lesbian News (SDGLN) broke the story that Executive Director Stephen Whitburn was relieved of his position as head of the organization, but the question still remains, Why?

Pride was recently contacted by members of the transgender community who notified us of their plan to conduct multiple “die-ins” during which individuals will lie on the street, stopping the parade, while others encircle them with crime scene tape and read the names of trans* individuals whom we’ve lost this year to murder and suicide.

The next community meeting of the Hillcrest Town Council (HTC) is scheduled for Tuesday, June 9 at 6:30 pm with presentations on both SANDAG's Uptown Bike Corridor Project, and the upcoming San Diego LGBT Pride festivities.